Chinese gov't. takes initiative in licensing Japanese anime

The Chinese government is set to acquire licenses to broadcast and stream-online Japanese anime programs and movies, according to a report by 47News.

The said intiative, a job typically taken on by broadcasters and media licensing companies, is seen as the government’s way of taking on the pervasive problem of media piracy in the country. They are hoping to avoid a repeat of Futabasha’s lawsuit against three Chinese companies that used the name and likeness of the titular character of the Crayon Shin-chan franchise.

The report did not specify any anime titles that the Chinese government plans to acquire.

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Jan Lorenz (pinoy_big_narutonian / PBNkapamilya) is a Journalism graduate from UP Diliman College of Mass Communications. He has been an anime fan since the days of Naruto on ABS-CBN, with a particular affinity with those being broadcast here in the Philippines in Tagalog dub. He is the Associate Executive Editor for ZEN Otaku Honbu, but is inactive most of the time due to school-related stress— er, stuff.

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